American Smooth. It could be about something jazzy
because that's what the word smooth reminds me of.
Paraphrase
This person is recalling a memory of a dance that they
and their partner did, they had "achieved flight" meaning
not literally flying but, they got so lost in the dance that
they forgot where they were at that time.
Connotations
Line 26-"achieved flight", they didn't actually start to fly.
They just were lost in the dance that they were performing
that they felt as though it were only them two away from
the ground.
Line 29-31- The Earth didn't really forget that they were there,
they, again, were just in their own world.
Attitude
Almost reminiscent to a memory they had about when they and
their partner had performed this dance that clearly meant something.
Shifts
It shifts from the poet or speaker saying something that they did, "We
were dancing"- then they get into describing the dance and their experience.
Line 18-21, line 25-26, they get back to the present tense because they are
simply just recalling the memory.
Title
The title, American Smooth, is a type of ball room dancing which is basically
what the poem was about. Also in the poem it describes just some of the
techniques that are essential to the dance.
Theme
When we feel passionate about something we can get lost just for a little.
TPCASTT
because that's what the word smooth reminds me of.
and their partner did, they had "achieved flight" meaning
not literally flying but, they got so lost in the dance that
they forgot where they were at that time.
They just were lost in the dance that they were performing
that they felt as though it were only them two away from
the ground.
Line 29-31- The Earth didn't really forget that they were there,
they, again, were just in their own world.
their partner had performed this dance that clearly meant something.
were dancing"- then they get into describing the dance and their experience.
Line 18-21, line 25-26, they get back to the present tense because they are
simply just recalling the memory.
what the poem was about. Also in the poem it describes just some of the
techniques that are essential to the dance.
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